University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Bruna Romero-Melgar

Managing director

Girls in Tech of Bolivia

Yue Cao

Research scientist

Amazon Prime Air

Sharon Hwang

Chicago law partner

McAndrews, Held & Malloy

Theresa Lopez

Global marketing manager

Universal Music Group

Bruce Miller

VP/global account director

Schlumberger

Michael Imber

Managing director

Eisner Amper LLC

Larry Woiwode

N. Dakota’s poet laureate

Award-winning novelist

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Former U.S. Congressman

Served from 1995-2012

Chang Wang

Minnesota law partner

College professor

Nancy Farrell

Reg. dietitian nutritionist

Farrell Dietitian Services

Parsa Khalili

Brooklyn architect

Princeton visiting lecturer

Phil Hockberger

Associate VP/research

Northwestern University

Mike Bertrand

President/CEO

Lutheran Child/Fam. Services

Mei-Mei Chan Kirk

Retired media executive

Started at USA Today

Sam McLaurin

Coaching in China

U.S. Basketball Academy

Brian Costello

Marketing and communications

Loyola Law School

Chloe Johnston

Experience analyst, Obama Foundation

Past president, UI Black Alumni Network

Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan

Professor, human sciences

Ohio State

Cecilia Araya Mohr

Data & analytics director

FTI Consulting, LA

Rebecca Bilbro

Lead data scientist

ByteCubed, Inc.

Kevin McFall

Principal, Red Clay Digital

Past president, UI Black Alumni Network

Selim Unlu

Engineering professor

Boston University

Deb Sokolow

Artist, writer

Northwestern professor

Judson Todd Allen

Chicago chef

‘Architect of flavor’